Railway-track brace.



J. M. REID. I RAILWAY TRACK BRAOB. I APPLIUATIOK LSD 1 110.22, 1910.RENE V131) APR. 23, 1912' 1,048,097. Patented D e0.24,1912.

4 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

10min. sum, or arm nocx, Texas.

RAILWAY-TRACK amen.

' Specification of Letter: j Dec. 24;, 1912.

a ucation'alea modem 2:, #1910, Serial no. 500,701. a e ea 1912. Serialr ssues.

To all whom t 7 Be it known th M.

x Run, a citizen of the United totes,

a full, clear, arid exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to, which it ap iertains to make anduse the same.

'thereof, and adjustabl clamping jaws'lo'; prevent lateral displace-.--ment or the spreadm of the rails upon the 'travel of roPling. stoc overthe rails.

The invention relates brace. v V

The primary object of theinvention is to, a railway track the provisionof a device of this character in* which the faces ,of the railway railsare held between jaws which latte r servethe railsbothv at the bages andweb portions AnotherKohject of the invention is the .provisionoflir'device of this character which will maintain the'li'lr'ils ofatrack the proper distance apart' -thus keeping the track in true'gageand by the use of this novel brace the track is rendered more steady andits rails are reinforced or braced both at their 'web and base portlons.

A still further object of the invention is the revision of arailwayclamp or bracein w ich the movable clamping jaws thereofslidably'interfit the fixed jawsof the brace or clamp so as to relieveconsiderable strain upon the jaws or in other words to equalize thejstress o'r strain between the fixed and movable jaw when clamping arailway rail,;

and these'jaws are adapted to accommodate varying sizesof railway rulewhen the same is applied for use in preventing the spreading of therails.

In: the drawings accompanying and .,form- 'ing part! this specificationis illustrated way rails. Fig. 2 is a top plan view theregf.

Fi 53 is a plan view ofone of thefixe'd'ja re" and fromtherail. Fig. '4is a detail,

residing at Red Rock, in the county of Bastrop, State-"oi .Texas,'haveinven'tedcertain new and use I ful Improvements in Railway-Track Braces;and I do hcreby'declare the following to be to strengthenmeans joiningthe;

, rspective' jjaws. a

"Similar reference characters indicate cor responding parts throughoutthe several views in the drawings. V a

- In the drawings the numeral designates the rails of a railway trackwhich are of the view "of one of the removable ordinary or well knownconstruction and to which is adjustably connected a track brace or clampcomprising threaded tie rods 6, which terminate at their outer ends inbroad flat bearin seats 7, for the bases of the said rails and teseseats are provided with upwardly extending and lnwardly directedfixed jaws 8, which arev adapted to engage the outer edges of the basesof the rails and ;to lie against the outer feces of the webs "thereof.

.Slidably mounted upon the tie rods 6, are movable aws 9, which latterare adaptedlto engage the inner edges of the bases of the ,rails'andalso to lieflush against the inner faces of the webs thereof. Projectingfrom the movable jaws 9, at opposite sides of the tie/rods 6, are spacedparallel lugs 10, which latter are adapted to engage in correspond inglyshaped recesses 11. formed in the flat seats 7, of the tie rods belowthe bases of the rails, so as to prevent the turning ofthe movable jawsupon the tie rods whenfbe'ing moved toward the fixed jaws and 'alsotopermit the interlocking engagement. '0f the ,said jaws when clamping therailway rails.

The inner ends of the tie rods 6, are adjustably united by means oif aturn buckle 12, which is in threaded engagementwitb. the tie rods sothat by turning the buckle the rails 5 can be drawn together the desir'ed distance to attain a true gage; The

movable jaws 9 are held in a positionto co operate with the fixed jaws8,for clamping the railway rails by jam nuts 13 adjustably engaging thethreads 14, on the tie rods and in this manner the said jaws are capableor clamping various sizes of railway rails.

It is obvious that the jaws serve to reinforce both the base and webfiangesof the 7' railway rails when clamping the same. Fur-@ 65 ,1

thermore the tie rods through the vmedium of the turn buckle willprevent any lateral dislacement or spreading of the rails caused byheavily loaded rolling stock traveling. over the same. v, 1

What is claimed is:--

A device of the class described-comprising hreaded tie rods, meansacljustably uniting the inner ends of the tie rods, fixed jawsforlocking the movable jaws against dis- 10 formed on the outer ends ofsaid tie rods placement. and having flat bearing surfaces for railway Intestimony whereof, I afiix my signar ls, the said fiat bearingbsurfacescYnitagnture, in presence of two Witnesses.

ing spaced recesses, mova 1e jaws si 21- y engaging the tie rods, andhaving ro'jec- JOHN REID tions for interlocking engfigement with theWitnesses:

recesses in the bearing surfaces, and means J. P. PARKER,

in threaded engagement with the tie rods! N. B. HARRIS.

